Hi Guys!
Just been to a double session on using videos to communicate various things to students (Frank Greig (SoC) - Supporting Students through Video Tutorials & Karen Campbell (SNMNSC) - Experience of Using Screen Capture JING for teaching and learning).
Both speakers talked about their experiences of using videos to communicate various types of messages to students adn demonstrated how they learned about and used the various technologies in the teaching. A lot more user friendly than... Read full post

Hi Bloggers
Just come from a session on interpreting Turnitin reports by Dr Claire Garden (SLS). Very interesting presentation and discussion on the issues of how to introduce Turnitin and the issues related to how people make sense of theTurnitin outputs. Main issues seem to be around:

students and staff intrerpret reports simplistically
ensuring that staff see it as an active process where they need to use their own common sense when they are interpreting reports and not to be passive... Read full post

This iwas one of the questions about teachers and their conceptions and experiences about the technology we use that jumped into my head when listening to Richard Hall's keynote speech this morning. Being overly concerned and focussed on the technology may be a barrier to effective teaching, learning and engagement.
Another question related to the appropriateness of Edinburgh Napier's MLE following Richard's mention of the JISC report entitled: 'Thriving in the 21st Century: Learning... Read full post

Hi there,
Looking forward to Friday but I'm wondering how the weather will affect us!! No matter, good to join you on the Edinburgh Napier Education Exchange.
Norrie